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Many communities have been haunted by infernos that have impacted generations. In Boston, for example, many people still talk about the Nov. 28, 1942, fire at the Cocoanut Grove speak-easy in Bay Village, which took the lives of 492 revelers.

Many communities have been haunted by infernos that have impacted generations.

In Boston, for example, many people still talk about the Nov. 28, 1942, fire at the Cocoanut Grove speak-easy in Bay Village, which took the lives of 492 revelers.

The Station nightclub fire on Feb. 20, 2003, in West Warwick, R.I., is another conflagration that will be remembered for decades.

The deadly fire was caused by pyrotechnics, which ignited flammable sound insulation foam that was set in the club's walls and ceilings. The fast-moving fire engulfed the building in a little over five minutes, killing 100 and injuring another 230.

Locally, the five-alarm fire on Dec. 3, 1999, at the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. building on Franklin Street probably ranks as the worst in the city's history.

It took almost a week to put out the raging blaze and the city still mourns the loss of the “Worcester Six,” Lts. Thomas E. Spencer, James F. “Jay Lyons, and Timothy P. Jackson and Firefighters Paul A. Brotherton, Jeremiah Lucey and Joseph McGuirk.

While the Cold Storage fire overshadows others, there have been a number of other notorious blazes that have taken their toll on Worcesterites.

Today's featured photograph shows the devastation wrought by one.

The sparks from this fire actually set off 48 others, one of which destroyed a major building located blocks away and another that heavily damaged an industrial complex.

Do you know where and when this picture was taken?

What were the circumstances of the fire?

We'll provide the answers and details in tomorrow's newspaper and website, www.telegram.com.